Boys prep of the week: Manny Wilkins

 What he did: Wilkins helped rally the No. 10 seed Mustangs back from a 22-13 halftime deficit against No. 15 Drake for a 43-22 win in the North Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals. Wilkins threw a pair of touchdown passes and rushed for 93 yards, 87 of which came in the second half, to help spur San Marin to the victory.

 What he said: "It was a difficult beginning there, we weren't really clicking and we weren't really on the same page. We knew as a team that we weren't going to go out like that. We weren't going to upset the fans, upset ourselves, upset coach (Dan) Hickey, you know it's his last year. We didn't want to go out losing on our own field. We just got the mindset that we wanted to win this game and keep playing football through Thanksgiving."

 What's next: San Marin will travel to take on No. 6 St. Helena in the D-IV semifinals on Saturday at 7 p.m. After football season, Wilkins will hit the hardwood and play for San Marin's basketball team. In the spring, Wilkins is going to take a break from playing baseball and focus on football and try to earn a Division I scholarship. He has already drawn interest from a number of schools, including several from the Pac-12 Conference.

 Off the field: Wilkins enjoys working with his younger cousin, Gabe, who just started playing flag football. Wilkins and Gabe like to go outside and practice the fundamentals of football so that when Gabe is old enough he could play for San Marin as well.

 Trivial matter: Wilkins moved to Novato from Texas prior to the start of his sophomore football season. He said the biggest difference was the culture around football in Texas compared to California and it was a little bit of a culture shock at first.

 Coach Dan Hickey: "It's been exciting to watch, he really has grown as a quarterback and kind of a field general. He's making smarter decisions. He still has room to grow, I think that's the real exciting thing about Manny is I think he has so much more potential and it's gonna come."